Farewell to The Magpies

[owlmoose]

One of my favorite podcasts ever aired its series finale today, and I'm both warm and fuzzy with contentment to have experienced a wonderful story, and so sad to see it come to an end. The Magpies is a Blades in the Dark actual play podcast with an all-female cast, both players and characters, the story of a vigilante gang that takes "be gay do crimes" to a whole new level. Blaire, Minx, Mayra, and their ever-growing found family take on the corrupt nobility and win, and it's such great, satisfying storytelling. I'm going to miss them so much.

But as one chapter ends, another begins, and thanks to a successful Kickstarter, the same cast and GM (along with at least one new cast member) will be starting a new podcast set in the same universe sometime this fall. It's called Project Bluejay, and I can hardly wait. If this sounds at all interesting to you, I highly recommend you keep an eye out for this forthcoming show.

Comments

Podcasts

[sairuhfeenah]

I'll have to check out these podcasts. Speaking of which, have I already mentioned The Strange Case of Starship Iris? I can't recall offhand where I first heard of it (perhaps a top-something list of SF&F podcasts). But if you like the themes of found family and goofy renegades in spaaaaace, check it out.

[lassarina]

I wish I was better at consuming audio media, because this sounds so delightful, but my attention span does not connect with it :(

Re: Podcasts

[owlmoose]

Keeping up with podcasts is extremely difficult now that I have no commute, but thanks for the rec! I'll check it out the next time I'm looking for longform audio media.

[owlmoose]

Alas! I have to be doing something else (driving, walking, cleaning house, making breakfast) in order to engage, but I understand how audio fiction wouldn't work for everyone. They do provide transcripts (not sure if they're caught up, but I know they're committed to transcribing everything eventually), so maybe you could check out the story that way?

[lassarina]

Yeah, I also have to be doing something else, but I never remember to do it when I'm working on those other things. Sigh. I would definitely be into transcripts, though.